Detroit Lions rookie Jon Morgan works out at minicamp May 10, 2013, in Allen Park.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers wanted to sign him to compete for a job at linebacker. The Tennessee Titans called when he was on the phone with the Detroit Lions. And the Rams inquired about bringing him to St. Louis, after he already had decided on Detroit.

Morgan, a New York native and three-year starter at the University of Albany, said one of his first conversations with the Lions the night of the draft was with linebackers coach Matt Burke, an avowed Boston Red Sox fan who needled his new linebacker about his hometown New York Yankees. ...